Yeah. I wonder why this cannot be reversed really? First domain registration should cost more.. 50 USD maybe? Dunno. And then, when you want to extend the domain, price should be around 5 times lower?
Those who want to use it for legal activity will chew that little CAPEX. ---------- Original message ---------- From: Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuh...@gmail.com> To: goe...@sasami.anime.net Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org> Subject: Re: .US Harbors Prolific Malicious Link Shortening Service Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2023 20:39:17 -0700 Not specific to .US really Pretty much every new gTLD that can be registered on "promotional" first year prices below .com/.net/.org harbors a large than usual proportion of phishing domains and suspicious things, because one of the sole operational criteria for phishers registering disposable domains that might have useful lives of only hours or a few days, in bulk, is the cost per unit. ".us" is in much the same situation because I am seeing promotional prices of $4.50 to $5 per domain for the first year. On Thu, Nov 2, 2023 at 1:31˙˙PM goemon--- via NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> wrote: > > https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/10/us-harbors-prolific-malicious-link-shortening-service/ > > "The NTIA recently published a proposal that would allow registrars to > redact all registrant data from WHOIS registration records for .US > domains. A broad array of industry groups have filed comments opposing the > proposed changes, saying they threaten to remove the last vestiges of > accountability for a top-level domain that is already overrun with > cybercrime activity." > > What hope is there when registrars are actively aiding and abeting > criminal enterprises? > > Are there any legitimate services running solely on .us domain names? > > -Dan >
